Bibi Jamal Khatun
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Bībī Jamāl Khātūn (d. May 2, 1647) was a Sufi woman saint of Sindh who lived in Sehwan, Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

. She was the younger sister of a famous and influential Sufi, Mīān Mīr
Mian Mir
Baba Sain Mir Mohammed Sahib , popularly known as Mian Mir, was a famous Sufi saint who resided in Lahore, specifically in the town of Dharampura . He belonged to the Qadiri order of Sufism. He is famous for being a spiritual instructor of Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan...

, who was her spiritual preceptor. After ten years of marriage, she separated from her husband and secluded herself in her room to devote herself to a life of asceticism, prayer, and meditation. Her brother Mīān Mīr referred to her spiritual exercises as an example when instructing his disciples.

Prince Dārā Shikoh
Dara Shikoh
His Highness, The Imperial Prince Dara Shikoh was the eldest son and the heir apparent of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. His name دارا شكوه in Persian means "Darius the Magnificent"...

 devoted the second chapter in his book of Qādirī
Qadiriyya
The Qadiriyya , are members of the Qadiri Sufi order...

 biographies, Sakīnat al-Awliyā, to Bībī Jamāl. He praised her as the Rābi‘ah
Rabia al-Adawiyya
Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya or simply Rābiʿah al-Baṣrī was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic.-Life:She was born between 95 and 99 Hijri in Basra, Iraq. Much of her early life is narrated by Farid al-Din Attar, a later Sufi Saint and poet, who used earlier sources...

of her time and described several miracles attributed to her.
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